Previous Award Recipients

President’s Operational Excellence Awards 2011: The Stars are Out

The President’s Operational Excellence Awards event was held Nov. 1 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada — truly a celebration of excellence across the company.

The 2011 award recipients are:

The President’s Award

  • Libya Evacuation emergency response management team, E&P

Personal and Process Safety Management

  • Personal Safety Suncor Individual
    Tony Topolinsky, area construction manager, Major Projects
  • Personal Safety Suncor Team
    Large team - Oil Sands Mining Slips Trips and Falls rapid results team, Mining, Oil Sands
    Small team - Transmission and Distribution Services ‘Look Up and Live’ campaign, Oil Sands
  • Personal Safety Contractor Individual/Team
    In Situ Drilling, Completions, Logistics Nabors 102 Rig crew, In Situ
  • Overall Health and Wellness
    No award this year
  • Overall Process Safety
    Three teams doing similar work were bundled together under the title ‘Safety Instrumented System Improvements’ and are joint recipients:
    • Firebag Process Safety and Plant Operability Project, In Situ
    • Improving Safety Instrumented Systems at the Sarnia refinery, R&M
    • Safety Instrumented Systems Test Procedure Development & Execution, Edmonton refinery, R&M
    • Overall Personal Safety
      Libya Evacuation response management team, E&P

    People

    • Suncor Individual
      Martin Mudryk, EHS supervisor, In Situ Drilling, Completions and Logistics, Operations Support
    • Suncor Team
      Mine Operations Learning and Competence, Mine Operations Support, Oil Sands
    • Contractor Individual/Team
      No award this year
    • Overall People
      No award this year

    Reliability

    • Suncor Individual
      Bryan Mueller, rotating equipment reliability engineer, Commerce City refinery, R&M
    • Suncor Team
      Oil Sands Turnaround Maintenance and Reliability Improvements, Oil Sands
    • Contractor Individual/Team
      Schlumberger and Baker-Hughes, High Temperature Electric Submersible Pump team, Business Services
    • Overall Reliability
      Oil Sands Maintenance and Reliability Improvements, Oil Sands

    Environment and Sustainability

    • Suncor Individual
      Jean-Simon Bouret, energy conservation engineer, Montreal refinery, R&M
    • Suncor Team
      Crude #10 Heat Integration Initiative, Montreal refinery, R&M
    • Contractor Individual/Team
      No award this year
    • Overall Environment and Sustainability
      Montreal Refinery Leadership on Energy Efficiency, R&M